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2. Baduanjin qigong - Wikipedia

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   The Baduanjin qigong (八段錦) is one of the most common forms of Chinese qigong used as exercise. [1] Variously translated as Eight Pieces of Brocade, Eight-Section Brocade, Eight Silken Movements or Eight Silk Weaving, the name of the form generally refers to how the eight individual movements of the form characterize and impart a silken quality (like that of a piece of brocade) to the ...

3. Liu Zi Jue - Wikipedia

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   Zou Pu'an of the Song dynasty (960–1279) was a major contributor in terms of theory and practice to the transmission of the exercise through his book The Supreme Knack for Health Preservation – Six-Character Approach to Breathing Exercises. No body movements accompanied the Liù Zì Jué exercises until the Ming dynasty (1386–1644) when ...

4. Qigong - Wikipedia

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   Tai chi is a widely practiced Chinese internal martial style based on the theory of taiji, closely associated with qigong, and typically involving more complex choreographed movement coordinated with breath, done slowly for health and training, or quickly for self-defense. Many scholars consider tai chi to be a type of qigong, traced back to an ...

5. Microcosmic orbit - Wikipedia

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   The exercise itself usually begins with preparation designed to relax the physical body and develop the ability to concentrate. Students may indeed be encouraged to practice Taoist Yoga exercises or tai chi as a way of building enough energy to begin performing the microcosmic orbit exercise as it can induce a strain on the nervous system and ...

6. Zhan zhuang - Wikipedia

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   Yiquan's method of study is zhan zhuang plus movements that continue the feeling of the Standing Post in action. The most common zhan zhuang method is known as Hun Yuan (浑圆; Hún Yuán, "Completely Round," "Round Smoothness") or Cheng Bao (撑抱; Chēng Bào, "Tree Hugging" stance). This posture is entirely Taoist in its origins, has many ...

7. 108-form Wu family tai chi - Wikipedia

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   The 108-Form Wu Family tai chi is a long and complex form, consisting of 108 movements that are performed in a slow, continuous, and flowing manner. It emphasizes the use of softness and yielding to overcome hardness and force, using circular movements and spiralling energy to deflect attacks and neutralize an opponent's force.

8. Tai Chi Chih - Wikipedia

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   T'ai Chi Chih (simplified Chinese: 太极智; traditional Chinese: 太極智; pinyin: tàijízhì; Wade–Giles: tʼai 4 chi 2 chih 4), abbreviated as TCC, is a series of 19 movements and 1 pose that together make up a meditative form of movement to which practitioners attribute physical, personal, and spiritual health benefits.

9. Xingqi (circulating breath) - Wikipedia

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   It included a method of guiding the breath, [xingqi], and contained four series of exercises in which rhythmic breathing, retention of breath, and movements of arms, legs, head, and torso were done successively." Each of these series was named after a particular animal: the breath-guiding procedures of the Toad, Tortoise, Wild Goose, and Dragon ...